DUAL DISPLAY DIGITAL MULTIMETER 
USER MANUAL 
    
 
 
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in a place where ambient temperature exceeds 50℃. 
 
DUAL DISPLAY DIGITAL MULTIMETER 
USER MANUAL 
    
 
 
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4. OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS 
4-1. Front panel and rear panel 
The front panel, shown in Figure4-1, contains three main elements: the 
input terminals, the primary and secondary displays, and the push 
buttons. The rear panel, shown in Figure 4-2, contains the AC 
power-line connector, and fuse & line voltage selector, input fuse 
holder, and interface terminal. 
4-2. The [SHIFT] key and function keys 
[SHIFT] button is used to enable the secondary function of certain 
function keys that with blue symbols printed above. The SHIFT LED 
will be on after pressed the [SHIFT] button. At this time, only the 
buttons with blue symbols are workable. To release SHIFT function, 
press [SHIFT] again. For example, to select DCmV function, press 
[SHIFT], then press [DCV] ([DCmV]). 
4-3. Set mode 
Press [SHIFT] [SET] in sequence into SET mode, then proceed further 
setting by pressing the white characters with blue background [HI], 
[LO], [REF  Ω], [RS232], [GPIB], [ENTER] sequentially. 
4-4. Warm up 
The instrument requires half-an-hour warm up to achieve rated 
accuracy. 
4-5. Over-range indication 
An input is over-range if it exceeds the full scale of the selected range. 
GDM-8246 indicates an input is over-range by lighting the “—OL—”  
pattern on display. 
4-6. No specification indication 
On AC+Hz measured mode, when an input is less sensitivity, the 
secondary display show “————”. When the frequency of an input 
exceeds 110kHz, the primary display will show “————”.